Markw brutally honest critiques

[Markw]

I think that most posters like to start their own threads and go from there. You ought to stop by more often and insert your critiques there!

Well, just to humor you a bit and spam the forums a bit more -_-:

The perspective of this one really isn't all that appealing. It's kind of like you're saying "look how this here mountain zooms right down into that there ocean water" or something of the sort. The black and white conversion also may have been rethought. I really don't think it does the photo justice at all. The odd rock and flowers in the foreground are extremely distracting. A shot taken at a more level angle would have been more appropriate here. A wider angle would have helped as well. 3/10

Some people like this style of editing (if you edited it, and it's not a faulty photo). Indeed, it works for some, not for this. The subject, while interesting as far as trees go, really isn't being used well photographically. The muted colors and almost haze toward the top make it very unappealing. As does the clipping of the branches on the left and right. The subject isn't really all that interesting, without a complementary subject, that is. 1/10

Again, perspective is off. This subject is one that could actually have been cool, but the position from which you shot it was just not done well. The composition isn't great, there's entirely too much dead space. 4/10 for potential.

Have fun...

Do cell phone pics count? No. Thoughts on my friend Renee pic? It's completely irrelevant.

Okay, here are four images that should look okay on the web at the teensie-tiny size we're allowed here. Most of my web images are much larger than the allowed size here, and look like crap when re-sized and served by my host, which is pBase. All four of these were shot with my FujiFilm S2 Pro 6 megapixel camera.

photo 1--

Sunrise Superman
This is an interesting subject. I can't quite tell what it is. But, beyond the mysteriousness of it, I think it loses it's appeal. Being so ambiguous, I'm having a bit of a hard time connecting to it in any way, and the blue/green color artifacts in the lower 1/3 are extremely distracting. 6/10


photo 2--

Reflected Fall
I'm not sure if I understand the title. But the colors of the foliage here are very nice. Exposure looks spot-on, but I don't really think there's enough of a prominent subject. The foliage in the foreground is extremely distracting, and I have a feeling you already knew all this. The foliage in the back really is a beautiful color, though. 6/10


photo 3--

Chives
Are these really chives? They're quite beautiful. Great exposure. Spot-on focus, good natural framing. Beautiful colors as well! I quite enjoy this one. If I had to nitpick, the OOF flower above right of the subject bloom is slightly distracting because it intersects with the other in-focus flower. But, all in all, I like it. 8.5/10


photo 4--

Whimsical Glass
I don't get these. I'm not one for interpretational art, or extremely blurred photos. 1/10 or the colors and almost-composition

WOWA you got Derral posting pics! About time we saw more of them!

Also you know you can always show smaller pics and put direct links to bigger ones if you want to show them bigger

Dude...I've had over 3,200 pics posted and on-line for years...just click on my profile,and my link's been there since the very first day I showed up here, for those who care to see my pics...but who really cares about my photos man? It's all about the hobby, the enjoyment, the passion that comes from blowing all your spare money and time on shooting pictures...it doesn't matter if the photos or good or not...it's about the passion!

Oh, and Mark...what about "The only rule:
NO LINKS"
That's been revised. :mrgreen:

Yeah but showing things up in the forum is a great way to share the fun too

or have long raving arguments with people - whichever suits your fancy

and eh I'll throw a pic up too even though I've really not got anything recent worth tearing into buut:

spider
Now, now now, my friend. You're quite the macro aficionado. We both know that. To be completely honest, though, this photo doesn't really do much for me. The focus is nice, but the perspective from above isn't appealing, And it's just a tad dark around his eyes. I've seen much better from you. :hugs: 4/10

EDIT: It also looks a little off-level. That could be easily adjusted, though. As we both know. :thumbsup: Extra point off.

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Mark

 

[Overread]

You're being generous with the 5
Though I'm surprised you didn't mention the slight tilt (at least I feel it looks a little tilted to one side, but that could be the spiders stance itself).
*also goes to curse his cheap LCD screen for brightness issues!*

 

[Markw]

I'll bite!
Here are 3 from my last football game of the season
1.

I think this is the best of the bunch. You can clearly see the expression on the ball-holder's face, the ref looks like he's actually interested in the game lol, and you even have the incoming forces from the other team. It would have been nice to see more of the others as well, and not have too much cut off, but all the well. It may do well with a little more cropping as well. Just a thought. 8/10

2.

I don't think the perspective of this one is all that great. You can't really see anyone's face. And the guy in the back is slightly distracting. 5/10

3.

Same as above. And the clipping in the right corners is off-putting. But, you can't always have the best vantage point in situations like these. 4/10

Also, think about stopping the aperture open a bit. it'd be nice to have the background a little more blurred as well.

Mark

 

[Markw]

You're being generous with the 5
Though I'm surprised you didn't mention the slight tilt (at least I feel it looks a little tilted to one side, but that could be the spiders stance itself).
*also goes to curse his cheap LCD screen for brightness issues!*

Hahahahaa. It's funny you said that! I was JUST went back to add those exact things!

Mark

 

[Fishpaste]

Oh my gosh, I'm so honored! You graded my 2th photo and Darrel's 4rd photo the same....That must mean I'm really good now!

 

[Markw]

Here, I'll give 'er a whirl:

The composition is fairly poor and uninteresting here. the subject is in the direct center of the image. It would normally have been better to put it in a suitable composition, but, with something like this, it would have been a tad hard to do so with a landscape orientation. It's actually quite hard to tell what the subject actually is as well. Whether it be the leaves at the top, the rather mature bloom on the right, or the whole portion of the plant itself. I find that subjects like this one generally will do well with a portrait orientation and a symmetrical composition where the branch would go straight up the center of the frame with the blooms going off to either side.
I think the main problem with this one is the depth of field, really. The background is entirely too busy to isolate the subject well. This may have been intentional to show the blooms (lavender?) in the background, but the abundance of fairly distinct shapes in the background really draw your eye away from the main subject. The colors also fall a little flat for my taste. I believe this is due to the low-contrast background, and all the highlights created on the waxy leaves of the plant causing a flat light and color in the back. 4/10

The centered composition on this one, though I can see why you do it, is also hindering the photo here. The centered subject, with the flower not only equidistant from the top and bottom, but left and right as well, really creates a not-so-interesting composition. This could have worked well if you got the camera more level with the petals of the flower and got the bee from the side, with all the petals of the flower being level with the top and bottom edge, and on the bottom 1/3 line of the frame. Or, cropping in on the bee and yellow bit of the flower would help get the viewer to see the bee, and not the flower. It would also help cut out that fairly poor background. The lighting is a bit flat, and cold. Bumping the color temperature would help with the coolness, and possibly contrast would help with the flatness. Though, I do think both of these are due to an overcast day. The bee is fairly dark, and has lost detail because of this. Maybe adding a strobe of some sort would help with everything here besides the composition and framing. 3/10

Looking for some critique on this one.. I do have the nagging suspicion that I missed the focus:

-_-

An opinion on this dirty shot?!

Very well done. The DOF is great. Detail was captured well, great natural framing on the face, and the ball is clearly visible. Well done. Some will gripe about the leg all the way to the right being cut off and a bit awkward, but I don't think it's too big of a deal. Great camera position. I would clone out that sensor dust right uner the diver's right elbow (to the left of the ball, in that green square of negative space) Very well done. Kudos. 9.5/10

Alright, I'll bite. Just one for now. Taken with my Minolta X-700, ASA 800 film. Sorry...didn't take notes on shutter speed etc.

Holy contrast/saturation Batman! The editing on this one is far overdone. All of the colors are way oversaturated, the highlights are just about all blown, the blacks are clipped, there are color artifacts on his legs, and just about all all shadows with skin tones. The whites of his eyes are far too red as well. A more natural edit, with far less contrast and saturation would be ideal. The pose is uninteresting, and the camera he's holding kind of gets lost in translation. The centered composition here, combined with the centered composition isn't nearly dynamic enough to create a great photo. The position of the camera is a fairly low. It looks like it's at crotch-level. This is almost never a great thing. Views from below just aren't generally flattering to most people. The cement in the bottom left is distracting. Next time, if the camera is supposed to be an element of the photo, have the subject be doing something constructive and interesting with it, instead of almost hiding it. If you're going to shoot from below, it's not really a great idea to have the subject looking up and away from the camera. All emotion and connection to the viewer is lost. Keep the contrast and saturation down. The whites in the extremely busy and pungent background are extremely distracting and a bit of an eye-sore. 1/10

Thread is D.O.A?

Nope

Thread is D.O.A?

It's like a bad golf swing.

No follow through.

But look on the bright side, you can always create your own thread to have your images critiqued!

Don't be so quick to doubt!

I have to give a thumbs up to the OP. Most of his comments have been fair and constructive... something that many threads here in the TPF don't offer.

I'll play along.... Posting one at a time.

Wow. This one's pretty interesting to me! The sparse color scheme is very suiting and the natural mondrian-esque placement of them is very interesting as well. The light coming in from the top is a pretty good compositional element. If I had taken this shot, I would have capitalized on that and gave the photo a dark, grungy look in post as it makes me feel looking at it. I would have also done away with the piece of concrete getting into the frame on the mid-right of the frame. Flare and distortion were taken care of well. I would have liked to see a shot with a bit higher shutter speed to get those shadows more prominent. I like it. It's right up my alley. I can't really think of anything to add compositionally, etc, etc. Well done 8/10

Mark

 

[usayit]

Mark, very well written both the praises and the suggestions for improvement... especially about the "grungy" look. I may try playing around with it more in post. Exposure was quite difficult to obtain.... what is not obvious is that the room was almost pitch dark. The exposure time was 8 seconds at f/5.6 set at Hyper-focal. Much of the room was lit with a mag light that I was "painting" along the walls. Repeated the process several times and picked one.

Thanks.... a bit fresh change from the norm here. Since its "right up your alley", I will post another in a while.

 

[Markw]

Let the fun begin!!

The colors are beautiful, composition is amazing! Focus is spot-on! The center of focus on the third snowflake from the top-right is easily interpreted! Magnificent, really! 11/10!

If this wasn't sarcastic, everything is lacking besides saturation. And I know that you know that we both know that you don't need me to critique this. :thumbsup:

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This is cute. I think, compositionally, the baby's chin is too close to the bottom of the frame. It's creating some tension. The corner vignettes could be done away with. They're a little strong, and seem a bit unnatural. The lighting in this is fairly suited for the direction and eyes. The disconnect between the subject (due to the lack of emotion and eye contact, or even body position) and the viewer is unfortunate. The eye of the subject, to me, is quite a ways too far down in the frame, and is looking down, bring the viewer's eye even further down the image. There's really no need for the viewer to look any higher than the lower third of the frame, besides the distractingly dark corners at the top and around the upper rim of the hat. 5/10






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Ahhhh how I love a good macro shot. Lighting is nice, saturation and colors are nice, sharpness is fantastic, DOF is good. I think the composition on this one is a bit too centered, and the subject is a bit too off-level for my liking. 7.5/10







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I think this one's missing a bit in B&W. The brightness of the flowers get lost in the brightness of the background, and almost blend in with the sky. The shadow is kind of abruptly cut off by the edge of the photo, and the subject really isn't all that interesting, to be honest. The subject is placed well in the frame, but because the stem is bent, most of it is placed directly in the middle of the frame. Not so great. Contrast and value gradient are missing in the upper half and background of the image. I'd burn a bit od the shadows and maybe some midtones in these places to see if it helps. 4/10

Excellent sharpness. Great use of depth of field to isolate the main subject. All the components are in the shot: the football, the mud, the feet front and back of the ball and the player. The framing of the player's face visually with the arms and legs is very effective. Despite being accidental, you picked the perfect moment to shoot. The concentration in his expression on the ball comes through clearly as well. A great shot to illustrate the nature of the game and the visual impact attracts the viewer. 10/10

skieur

Can you refrain from commenting on the photos in this thread please? If you don't feel my critiques suffice, feel free to PM the photographer, or start your own thread.

Thanks.
Mark

Tear it up! I was trying to get some feed back on a c&c post but no one would tear it apart so I knew what to improve on!

I can see the look you were trying to get out of this one. It is, though, a bit overexposed. The highlights are completely blown, but I have a feeling this was intentional. I think the main problems here are that there's no clear subject, and that many of the leafy bits are cut off. If the leaf in the middle bottom is the subject you are going for, the bottom definitely shouldn't be cropped out, and focus could be a little better. I would have brought the camera down and to the right a bit so the leaf would be higher and to the left of the center of the frame. This would have given ample room to allow the leaves to end, and given the subject a better composition. 5.5/10

JMBriggs: to me it feels soft, and with the upper right all blown out as well.... just really doesnt do it for me compositonally. It feels like it might make an abstract but its not quite there either, sorry. The rim lighting around some of the leaves is quite nice though.

Can you refrain from commenting on the photos in this thread please? If you don't feel my critiques suffice, feel free to PM the photographer, or start your own thread.

Thanks.
Mark

Tear it up! I was trying to get some feed back on a c&c post but no one would tear it apart so I knew what to improve on!

The major problem here is compositional. What is your centre of interest? Why did you take the picture? What were you trying to communicate to the viewer? Why did you choose to have a washed out white background? You have not succeeded in giving visual impact to whatever your centre of interest is. What part of the photo is the eye of the viewer supposed to be drawn to?

From a technical standpoint, the yellow/green cast screams over-exposure and the white washout confirms it. The rule for framing is to not only NOT cut off part of your centre of interest, but not to even have it at the edge of the frame. Focus should be used to isolate the centre of interest and it should not look haphazard with no apparent visual reason for some things being blurred and others being in focus.

You need to look at www.photoinf.com or one of the many books available to get a better idea of what to shoot subject-wise and how to compose the photo within the frame.

skieur

Please refer to my comment on your last post.

Mark

 

[Markw]

Mark, very well written both the praises and the suggestions for improvement... especially about the "grungy" look. I may try playing around with it more in post. Exposure was quite difficult to obtain.... what is not obvious is that the room was almost pitch dark. The exposure time was 8 seconds at f/5.6 set at Hyper-focal. Much of the room was lit with a mag light that I was "painting" along the walls. Repeated the process several times and picked one.

Thanks.... a bit fresh change from the norm here. Since its "right up your alley", I will post another in a while.

Oh wow! I would have never guessed. This would be a good candidate for an HDR. This would have gotten rid of that blowout in the light from the top, and give good exposure to everyplace else. I'm not a huge fan of HDR for most of the overused applications, but I do think it would have worked well here. Too late for that now, but it would have been easier than using a flashlight, and would have given you great control over both the blown highlight at the top and the shadows around the bottom.

I look forward to the next.
Mark

PS. Thank you for your kind words.

 

[ADavis85]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[mishele]

Interesting

 

[JMBriggs]

Thanks Mark! I appreciate the your honesty and your politeness.

 

[bazooka]

Mishele, I actually thought your snow shot was a very interesting abstract. I'm blown away that he didn't take it seriously.

 

[Markw]

Hmmm. There's something pretty off with the editing here. I'm going to guess that its contrast, and not a levels adjustment. Whatever it is, the darks here are too dark. The highlights are a bit hot. The blacks being too dark means you lose any detail in the eyes of the girl on the left, and the shadows and lines on both girls' faces are too dark. The shadows under the girly parts and under the 'rump' of the girl on the left are also too dark. If it hadn't just rained there, the editing sure makes it look that way in the leaves. As for the pose, the girls look very disconnected. The girl on the left is looking into the camera, and cheesing pretty hard. The girl on the right looks like she is trying intently to shy off of the left girl, as if she has the flu. Her body posture looks very tense, and the one on the left looks a little too relaxed. Traditional portraits aren't really my forté, so I can't really help you out with the posing, but I can tell you that shooting dead on to the subject generally isn't great, and the participants in the photo should look like they are connected in some manner. Also, the twig or something in the foreground infront of the left girl is distracting, and I think they are too close to the bottom left corner. It creates a little tension in the image. It also would have helped to level it a bit. The DOF is nice. I would have probably made it about 2/3 stop shallower, but, to each his own, I guess. 4/10


All of the ediitng comments in the first one apply here as well, threefold. The whites are entirely too hot. The darks are clipped. All detail in her face, top of her hair, and hands is washed out. The water in the back left lost detail about this as well. The stump in the right is both distracting and unappealing. The pose is alright, but her back looks very tensed up. Especially with her shoulders. Which isn't a good thing. Her right leg also looks a little weird. Again, there is wilderness coming across her leg in the foreground, which is a no-no. Her right foot hanging off the rock is looking pretty off due to the vignette you put around the image, hangs too low in the frame, not helped by the dangling shoestring almost being clipped off. The subject is awkwardly placed smack-dab in the middle of the frame, in no real appealing composition. You should probably have her in a better pose, in a better position in the frame, and do away completely with the vignette and super intense editing. 2/10


This one's much different than the other you've given me thus far. I can see what you were going for, and you almost had it here. To me, there just isn't enough of the boats in the frame to be appealing and obviously about the boats. There's too much negative space here, I think. You've lost all detail in the ship at the top, and are getting there with the forward of the one in the middle. The blacks are clipped here as well, even in the water. I think it would have been better if you got down a little more and took a step to the right when taking the photo to get in more of the boats. Along with that, I think it would also be nice to see more of the lake/river/etc. So, in all, more boats, wider angle=winner. But I do think this is the best of the three by a mile. 7/10 for potential.

2 by arfeliciano21, on Flickr
I know alot of people, particularly the musicians, will look at this and say "YEAH!", but I just don't think it's all quite there. You have a nice composition, nice framing. But I think it'slacking some kind of dramatic lighting, and an interesting background, or color, or something to add a little bit of pizzazz or interest. Good choice of a leather background if you're a troubadour. Just not my cup of tea, I guess. Sorry I couldn't be more constructive. 4/10

I'll play

1.

I can see what you're trying to do here. The DOF is too shallow to allow for ample focus. You have obvious focus on the dead center of the image, on the stem. A deeper DOF would have worked in your favor here to get some more detail out of the leaves, and even the leaves behind it. I also think you're lacking a bit in the composition. The leaf is smack dab in the middle of the frame, and fills the majority of it, but in a not-so-effective means. The stem is also cropped out on the right, which leads the eye right out of the photo. For the future, it might be a good idea to get it from more of a straight-down position, and use a polarizer to get that reflection off the water. 5/10

2.

Nice focus, nice sharpness. Again, the centered nature of the subject doesn't really help anything. It can be difficult to frame a subject like this. But, I do think if you would have cropped in a bit more and filed the frame 2/3 with the bee, it would have done better. You also could have cropped out the really busy and distracting background and orange flower. That being said, I don't know much else to comment on. I'd crop it in a bit, then you have a winner. 6/10 as it stands.

3.

The colors are pretty washed out and the lighting on this one are fairly flat. The subject is placed at a pretty awkward position in the frame. Ideally, his eyes woud lie in the upper right quartile with this pose. That green in the upper left is unneeded. There's just not really much special with this one. Sorry I can't say more. 3/10

Here some random shots for you to critique.

This one reminds me alot of a photo you'd see on the cover of a movie, book, or calendar. The lighting was handled very well here. With the dark tones of the one on the right not being too dark, or the lights of the one on the right being too light. Granted, the highlights are slightly blown on he dogs themselves, it's nothing too terrible. I love the tree and the overhanging leaves as compositional framing elements. They work well. The color in the leaves is nice. The background is great, and the semi-deep DOF was used perfectly here. I may have cropped a little off the bottom, but I'm not too sure about that. Generally, I'm a stickler for composition, but I think the centered composition works well with a stock-ish image such as the one you have here. I really enjoy it. Well done. 8.5/10

Well well well. Quite a different photo from the first one. This one is quite nice. The pose is good, framing is good, exposure is spot on, focus is great, DOF is perfect. You even managed to get some detail out of the blacks both in the outfit and on the shoes. Shadows are minimal. It looks like her eyes aren't brown. If you could lighten them up a bit, and get some color out of them, that'd definitely be a plus. Other than that, maybe a little skin softening on the legs. Very well done indeed. 10/10.

Another very well done photo! The hair light is very well balanced. The main subject is very well lit in every aspect, really. The sparkles in the air, whether they're real or not, are very well used. The pose is nice. Skin looks nice. Hair is placed well. Everything looks very nice to me. If I had to nit-pick, the foliage encroaching on her right leg (camera left) is causing a little tension. But, other than that, it looks fantastic. Very, very well done again! 10/10

I was contemplating not commenting on this one. One reason being that I asked a limit to be 3 photos. Another being to keep your winning streak going. But, since you've got the first perfect score from me, I'll critique this one too. As if that's a worthy prize. . Anyhow, I do think this one is the weakest of the bunch.Lighting is nice, but you've lost quite a bit of detail in the hair. The background looks a bit unnatural and not-suiting. I think you're shooting from too low of an angle as well. Her right arm looks very uncomfortable and unnatural. Composition isn't great. The bathing suit doesn't look like it fits the photo or model all that well either (not physically, photographically). I really, really wish this one kept up with the quality shown in the last couple. 6/10

You've managed to do something here that I have tried many times, to no avail. Whatever species of spider this is, is my nemesis species. The lighting here is taken into account very well. The highlights in the legs are a little hot, but that's to be expected here. Nice use of DOF. Nice focus as far as I can tell with such a small photo. I would say, however, that you should probably take down the saturation in the hind legs. You've got some color noise/artifacts in the camera left hind leg in the red section. I'd like to see what it looks like cropped a bit in toward the face, even if you lose most of the hind legs. 7/10

Taken while standing on the deck of a boat bobbing in the water.

Very nice focus on this one. You did a great job getting the entire bird (minus some motion blur) tack sharp. Nice framing, as well as can be. It's great that you got the face in fine focus, and have so much detail in the wings. Ideally, I would have liked to have seen him at about a 60° angle to the right, but, beggars can't always be choosers when it comes to wildlife, can we? I would say, though, that the background has quite a bit of noise in it. I suppose this is from fill light in post as the bird seems to be getting some pretty severe direct light. I'd mask out the bird, take out the noise in the background, and perhaps blur it a bit more. While the bird manages to stand out quite a bit, I think it would stil help to blur the background a bit more. Well done in all. 7.5/10

Ok Mark! Can you do another for me?

I know the context of how I took this irrelevant, but I will tell you anyways!
I had my lens set to AF and I was trying to get water pics... Well the camera just wouldn't pull it into focus, so I switched to Manual and then I found that even though the puddle was OOF to my eyes my camera could focus it! I thought that was the bee's knees! So this is a fav... Even if it might be crap...

Well, I feel that this is more of a "Look what I just found out my camera can do!" kind of photo rather than a "I think this is one of my most artistic/technically sound photos I've ever taken! I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!" kind of photo. Keep shooting. You'll see what I mean in due time. Anywho..this is a fun concept to play around with. Once you can get a distinct central subject in the frame, get good focus on them, there is quite some potential in this type of shot. It's worth a second go. But, I do think that there are some major flaws with this one. One is the two very distracting black blobs in the puddle. I'd take them out. Second is that there really isn't a subject. You have some nice natural framing. Get a subject in there, take out those bad blobs, and you can have a pretty good photo here. This one, though, really isn't hitting home. Mainly because of the lack of a subject and central focus point. Try again. 2/10 for this one.

I feel like I want a rollicking good ass-kicking with this one...no filter, just major condensation...

Well, I do see potential with the scenery. Some pretty interesting photos can be had with full-body phone booths. But, this one really just isn't doing it. I think it would have been at least a little better if you would have taken one sep to the left to shoot that central phone booth straight on. Without it being shot straight on, or any way that actually clearly makes any of the phone booths the central focus point, you're kind of losing interest before you find it. You can kind of tell that the phone booths are supposed to be the focus point, but the super bright contrasting yellow room in the window in the back is really distracting and kind of pulls on your eyes. Besides that, the condensation isn't great for focus, contrast, colors, anything. It may work with a heavy hand in photoshop and a black and white conversion, but it simply doesn't work this way. The blue cast it creates doesn't work at all. It may work better if that yellow room was the subject, but all three together don't really work. The composition really isn't great either. With such a cement block, I feel as if you should have either all of it in, or far less than you do. Clipping off only the corners is a bit tense. Otherwise, there really isn't a great composition, and, like I said before, the background is really distracting. 3/10

Nice focus, nice sharpness. Good lighting The centered nature of the subject doesn't really help anything here. It can be difficult to frame a subject like this. But, I do think if you would have cropped in a bit more and filed the frame 2/3 with the bee, it would have done better. You probably should have opened up the aperture a bit more and blurred out the background as well. That being said, I don't know much else to comment on. 5/10 as it stands.



The background's pretty busy in this one. You got good focus, the colors are alright, the lighting is fairly good. The composition is better. I think it could use a little cropping, but, all in all, it's...well, okay. 6.25/10



You lose me completely with this one. You don't really have a main subject. The composition is very bad off, with the birds in the middle, the color of the sky is washed out pretty badly, and none of the birds have any kind of an interesting appeal to them. 2/10

Nice colors, good play with light and focus. I'm not generally too much into abstracts, but I think I like this one quite a bit. I could see it being good as a part in a movie, or for the front of a book. The noise is a bit over the top, though. I'd take that down a bit. The symmetrical composition works well here. I think it would also work well as a high-contrast black and white image as well. 7.5/10

Well, while there is a clear subject here, I think substance is lacking a bit. I see what you did there with the colors, and, while clever, not especially appealing because the colors don't really mean much for the image. There's no meaning behind it, and no significance to any of them. The perspective is off as well. I think a more aerial perspective would have worked better here. Composition works with the editing process, but not really in any other way. 0/10 :thumbdown:

Clever, I suppose. But, again, I don't think the feathers really add anything to the photo. Unless that's what's supposed to be being pulled out of the creature here. The noise is through the roof, and the vignetting is tacky. I never really have been a big fan of things like this. I just think it's a pretty monumental waste of time unless they're done perfectly, and for a purpose. Neither of which this one is. -5/10

Message in RED
Mark